Reda Saleem (Dubai)
Qassem Ashour, coach of the junior hand team, revealed the team’s preparations to participate in the Asian Championship, in its tenth edition, which will be held in Bahrain from 16 to 27 August, and qualifies for the World Cup finals in Croatia 2023, stressing that the training is going in the direction of daily gatherings and exercises, after the period of time has ended. The exams, which led to shortening the days of training, resorting to gathering for 3 days a week, and transferring the exercises from the Salah Al-Din Hall in Dubai to the Mleiha gym.
He said: The team currently includes 20 players, and we resorted to making changes, and the entry of new players due to various apologies from some, and we are trying to prepare the team in a manner that suits Emirati handball, in light of the possibilities available in the Federation, noting that the preparation program was established, before we start training. period, and approved by the National Teams Committee and the Board of Directors of the Federation.
He added: We aspired to make internal camps for players, as we did before in Dibba Al-Hisn, and such gatherings would achieve technical and psychological benefits, in light of the players gathering in one place, where understanding is generated between them, and we try to compensate for this through daily training.
Regarding the external camp, he said: We are waiting for the federation’s decision to approve the camp, and there are 3 places to stay before the tournament in Macedonia, Slovenia and Egypt, and if I prefer Macedonia, because there is a previous experience for young people, and we benefited a lot from this camp, as the place is dedicated to handball, and there is an atmosphere Great and strong teams to play with, and we are waiting for the final decision from the federation, to determine the date and location of the camp, which will be of great importance and more than half the preparation period, as it witnesses matches and the players enter the atmosphere of the tournament early.
And about the team’s ambition in the tournament, he said: The ambition exists and will not stop, and we have enthusiasm to present a good image of Emirati handball, in the Asian forum, and we hope that our return in the tournament will be better than the previous participation, which was highly praised, and revealed that handball is capable of He made the impossible, given the circumstances, and that the Emirati player has great capabilities and potentials that are no less than any player in any team.
He explained that the main task is to prepare players for the future of the first team, and we have worked on a distinguished generation before, in the junior and youth stage, but the series was not completed due to different circumstances, and we hope that we will succeed with this team, in continuing progress, to bring it to the level of the first team, being It contains premium materials.
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